Finding Contact Data on Properties

[Matthew Metros]

Background on myself:

I am a real estate investor from NYC. I'm attracted to the growth of the Austin, San Antonio, and Fort-Worth markets and I'm strongly considering adding any of these as my next out of state market. I am looking for small MF, 4-15 units in B areas with a value add strategy to raise income, decrease expenses or both.

Now my Question:

I am finding it very difficult to find deals on the market. I am actively looking to purchase, but all deals that I find on the market either get snatched up in seconds or do not fit my investment thesis.

I am starting to think that a better approach would be to contact owners of properties that are not yet up for sale. Some initial thoughts were:

1. To find Owners of properties that have not been sold in 5+ years.

2. To find Owners of properties where there is a need to sell (Late on mortgage, divorce, and so on...)

I would also like to preface that I have access to costar.

Overall - I am looking for direction on how to gain access to these types of datasets. Would love to hear how others have gone about finding off-market deals.

[Evan Cook]

Hi Matthew,

Personally I use DealMachine and BatchDriven as a kind of drive4dollars tool. They both help you get contact information of property owners, so if you see something you like a lot that isn't for sale and want to contact the owner to make an offer as soon as possible these are great for that!

Hope this helps!

Evan